Journal of the American Chemical Society

Three-membered rings. The preparation of some 1, 2-cyclopropanedicarboxylic acids

LL McCoy

Index: McCoy Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1958 , vol. 80, p. 6568,6572

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Citation Number: 103

Abstract

(4) It is fairly obvious that a group which can be eliminated readily as an anion cannot be present on the middle carbon of the three-carbon chain. If there were, then elimination leading to an olefin almost certainly would prevail rather than elimination leading to a cyclopropane. Also, if it is assumed that the l, 3-elimination is not concerted, and that the actual and potential carbanions can interact (possibly equilibrate), then the presence of a ...